Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

Atsushi Okada

Yasushi Sasaki

Akiyuki Suwa

Ikki Yonemura

Soichiro Matsuo

Masao Yamashita

Kazuhiro Maeda

Yutaka Abe

Takashi Furuya

Toshimitsu Gotoh

Toru Inaoka

Naoto Shimizu

Nobuhiro Kobayashi

Masashi Mayumi

Hiroto Harayama

Ichiroh Shiraki

Mitsuyoshi Nakaya

Yutaka Kato

Takayuki Yanagawa

Eiji Yasukouchi

Yasushi Yasuda

Kazuhiko Fukui

Fumiaki Hakuno

A surfactant composition contains: a C12 compound of the following formula (1): where A is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, x is 1 to 50, and m+n is 9; a C13 compound of the formula (1), where A is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, x is 1 to 50, and m+n is 10; a C14 compound of the formula (1), where A is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, x is 1 to 50, and m+n is 11; and a Y compound of the formula (1), where A is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, x is 1 to 50, and m+n is at least one of 8 or less and 12 or more.

Mixture of higher secondary alcohol alkoxylates with different carbon chain lengths and method for producing same

A method of producing a copolymer of the present invention is a method of producing a specific copolymer and includes: a pure water production step of producing pure water having an electric conductivity of from 0.1 &#x3bc;S/cm to 100 &#x3bc;S/cm; a pure water transfer step of introducing the pure water into a reaction kettle for producing the copolymer through a transfer pipe using, as a material therefor, a resin or a substance forming a passive state in water; and a polymerization step of performing polymerization of the monomer (a), the monomer (b), and the monomer (c) in the reaction kettle, the pure water transfer step including setting the electric conductivity of the pure water at a site where the pure water is introduced from the transfer pipe toward the reaction kettle within a range of from 0.1 &#x3bc;S/cm to 100 &#x3bc;S/cm.

Method for producing copolymer

In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by diseases etc. is still immense, and diseases resistant to existing microbicides have emerged. Under such circumstances, the development of novel agricultural and horticultural microbicides is desired. The present invention provides an anthranilic acid ester compound represented by the general formula (1): 

Anthranilic acid ester compound or salt thereof, agricultural and horticultural microbicide comprising the compound, and method for using the microbicide

In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. Under such circumstances, the development of novel agricultural and horticultural insecticides is desired. The present invention provides an amide compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein A, Aand Aeach represent a nitrogen atom or a CH group, Rrepresents an alkyl group, Rand Reach represent a haloalkyl group, Rrepresents an alkyl group, and m represents 0, 1 or 2) or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide and microbicide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide and microbicide.

Amide compound or salt thereof, agricultural and horticultural insecticide and microbicide comprising the compound, and method for using the insecticide and microbicide

In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. Under such circumstances, the development of novel agricultural and horticultural insecticides is desired. The present invention provides an amide compound represented by the general formula (I): (wherein A, Aand Aeach represent a nitrogen atom or a CH group, Rrepresents an alkyl group, Rand Reach represent a haloalkyl groups, Rrepresents an alkyl group, and m represents 0, 1 or 2) or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide and microbicide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide and microbicide.

In a display device with optical sensors, a mode control portion () determines a mode to be a normal mode in which to operate a recognition processing portion () or a standby mode in which to stop the recognition processing portion () from operating. In transition from the normal mode to the standby mode, a decimated image memory () stores a decimated image having a smaller number of pixels than a scan picture. The mode control portion () performs pixel-by-pixel comparison between the stored decimated image and an image supplied anew, which is obtained by averaging decimated images for two consecutive frames, and causes transition from the standby mode to the normal mode when the number of pixels whose difference in pixel values is greater than or equal to a first threshold is greater than or equal to a second threshold. As a result, it is rendered possible to inhibit erroneous determination and promptly detect a touch position after a quick exit from the standby mode.

Display device including optical sensors

Provided is a display device with photosensors that can achieve a scanner function without increasing the memory capacity for images. A display device with photosensors includes a visible light source and an invisible light source. The display device with photosensors further includes: a first photosensor that detects the amount of received light in a pixel region when the invisible light source is on; a second optical sensor that detects the amount of received light in the pixel region when the invisible light source is off; and a third photosensor that detects the amount of received light reflected from an object to be scanned, causing only display pixels respectively nearest to the third photosensors within a prescribed range in the pixel region to be in a display state, and causing other pixels in the prescribed range to be in a non-display state. Data obtained from the third photosensor is stored in a memory () including a region () that stores therein first reference data obtained when the invisible light source is on, and a region () that stores therein second reference data obtained when the invisible light source is off.

Display device with optical sensor included and image reading method employing same

In a display device with optical sensors, a recognition processing portion () performs recognition processing on a scan picture generated by optical sensors (), and calculates a position. A mode control portion () determines whether or not the mode is standby so that the recognition processing portion () is stopped from operating. At the time of transition to the standby mode, decimated image memory () stores a decimated image with a decreased number of pixels. The mode control portion () performs pixel-by-pixel comparison between the stored decimated image and a decimated image supplied anew, and exits the standby mode when the number of pixels whose difference in pixel values is greater than or equal to a first threshold is greater than or equal to a second threshold. Here, the first and second thresholds are appropriately set in accordance with an ambient luminance L from a luminance sensor (), and therefore, any change in the image can be accurately distinguished from noise, thereby preventing the standby mode from being or not being cancelled by mistake.

Display device with optical sensors

Disclosed is a touch panel comprising a display panel (for example, a liquid crystal panel) (); a plurality of mirrors () provided on an edge of a display surface side of the display panel (); a light source (); a plurality of light sensors () embedded in the display panel (), positioned immediately under the mirrors (), and for which light emitted from the light source () is guided by the mirrors (); and a data interpolation processing unit that, if an output signal from a certain light sensor included in the plurality of light sensors () is at most at a threshold, calculates interpolation data from output signals that are stronger than the threshold from light sensors about a periphery of the certain light sensor.

Touch panel

Provided is a display driving circuit eliminating occurrence of lateral stripes in the first frame from which display corresponding to a video signal is started in CC driving premised on line inversion driving. A source bus line drive circuit outputs a source signal whose polarity is reversed in sync with horizontal scanning period for each row and whose polarity is opposite in an adjacent horizontal scanning period on the same row. A CS bus line drive circuit outputs, after the horizontal scanning period for each row, a CS signal with potential switched along a direction according to polarity of the source signal in the horizontal scanning period concerned. The CS bus line drive circuit outputs the CS signal in a first frame so that potential of the CS signal when the switching element on one row is switched is different from potential of a CS signal on an adjacent row.

Display driving circuit, display device, and display driving method

One embodiment of the present invention includes: a gate line drive circuit that outputs, in a horizontal scanning period which is sequentially allocated to each one of rows, a gate signal for turning on the switching element on one row; a source bus line drive circuit that outputs a source signal of which polarity is reversed in sync with the horizontal scanning period for each of the rows and of which polarity is opposite in an adjacent horizontal scanning period on one and the same row; a CS bus line drive circuit that outputs, after the horizontal scanning period for each of the rows, a CS signal of which potential is switched along a direction (from low level to high level or from high level to low level) determined according to the polarity of the source signal in the horizontal scanning period concerned, wherein the CS bus line drive circuit outputs the CS signal in a first frame so that a potential of the CS signal at a time of on-to-off switching of the switching element on the one row is different from a potential of a CS signal on an adjacent row. This eliminates the occurrence of lateral stripes in the first frame from which display corresponding to a video signal is started in CC driving premised on line inversion driving.

Display drive circuit, display device, and display driving method

Digital image data obtained by A/D converting an output signal from an image sensing device by an A/D conversion circuit is converted into image data corresponding to a predetermined image format by a digital process of an image conversion circuit. Therefore, an image of higher quality without deterioration in the picture can be provided in comparison with the case where digital image data obtained by A/D converting an output signal from an image sensing device is first converted into analog video data and then into A/D data. Further format conversion can be performed using a series of controllable image converters. The image converters and a signal processing unit can be selectively programmed to perform a variety of format conversions and image-type specific signal processing, respectively. Programming can be performed manually or automatically according to the type of input device or the type of information in the image.

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Osaka, Japan

Atsushi Okada